00022091 A North Henan landlord in China embarks on a pilgrimage to Shaanxi province throughout the 1942 famine, struggling to outlive as conflict with Japan looms on the horizon. His condominium beset by using ravenous villagers, Landlord Fan (Zhang Guoli) endeavors to calm the crowd by using making ready a feast. However his condominium is burned down in the chaos, prompting Fan, his teenage daughter Xingxing (Fiona Wang), his servant Shuanzhu (Zhang Mo), and his tenant Huazhi (Xu Fan) to embark on a treacherous experience south. Along the way, encounters with an American journalist (Adrien Brody), and a priest (Zhang Hanyu) who has lost his religion expose the true depth of the despair that grips 812491014097